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April 28, 2020 • Community
Since 1985, the HSC High School Art show has showcased young people’s work in media from photography to painting to computer art, and several in between. The show, usually on view each spring in the EAD Atrium Gallery, is an annual tradition that draws 11th- and 12th-grade artists from Cooke, Denton, Erath, Hood, Parker, Tarrant,…
April 20, 2020 • Community, Public Health, School of Public Health, Sustainability
By Oreoluwa Obayan Help out the disadvantaged, the environment, and your own sense of purpose by donating discarded clothes and household goods during the HSC Fort Worth Clothing Drive, a student project honoring Earth Day. April 22 through May 6, drop off your items in a no-touch bin on the west side of the HSC…
April 8, 2020 • Community, COVID-19, Sustainability
By Oreoluwa Obayan The HSC Fort Worth Community Garden continues to grow fresh organic produce for those experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic -- while following guidelines for physical distancing and sanitizing. The garden last year donated 150 pounds of fresh produce to local food banks and the HSC Student Food Pantry. This spring…
April 7, 2020 • Community, COVID-19
By Diane Smith Fort Worth businessman Jim Rosenthal is attacking COVID-19 as it charts a ruthless path across the United States with an army of crafty volunteers. The mysterious disease moved into North Texas communities bringing a sense of helplessness, Rosenthal said, explaining he wanted to counter the dim outlook filling news reports. “What could…
March 25, 2020 • Community, COVID-19, Patient Safety, Research
By Diane Smith The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is giving the Fort Worth Fire Department 5,000 surgical masks and calling on health organizations across the region to make similar donations to first responders in need. “This donation continues to demonstrate the relationship between the Fort Worth Fire Department and…
March 24, 2020 • Community, COVID-19, Provost, Public Health
By Alex Branch The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) has opened an off-campus COVID-19 testing site for Tarrant County area first responders who may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus but are not experiencing symptoms. Available exclusively to first responders, the testing site is intended to keep first…
March 20, 2020 • Community, COVID-19, Public Health
By Diane Smith Students, faculty and staff from The University North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth are helping answer questions about COVID-19 on Tarrant County Public Health’s 24-hour information line. The collaboration, which launched on March 19, will allow triple the call capacity of the information line during the COVID-19 pandemic. Noah Drew,…
January 27, 2020 • Community, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Great things happen when community partners work together, and the collaborations between the UNTHSC School of Public Health and various local organizations continue to grow stronger as more is done to impact the community. Two years ago, local organizations were invited to campus to meet with SPH faculty and staff to network…
December 16, 2019 • Behavioral and Community Health, Community, Our People, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker For decades, the image of worn-out shoe leather with a prominent hole in the bottom has served as a visual representation of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) disease detectives who travel the world investigating outbreaks that threaten the public’s health. For 65 years and counting, these officers have been globally recognized…
December 16, 2019 • Behavioral and Community Health, Center for Community Health, Community, Education, Public Health, Safercare Texas
By Jan Jarvis “Squeezing,” shouted Kim Nguyen as she hugged herself as tightly as possible and encouraged the roomful of second-graders to do the same. “That’s what your airways are doing during an asthma attack,” said Nguyen, Project Coordinator for SaferCare Texas, a department of UNT Health Science Center dedicated to improving the quality and…
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